Chess Quote by Larry Evans

By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion

— Garry Kasparov

I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an…

— Bruce Pandolfini

Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.

— Mikhail Tal

With or without the title, Bobby Fischer was unquestionably the greatest player of his time

— Burt Hochberg

The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years.

— Viktor Korchnoi

Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time!

— Alexander Kotov

Fischer does not merely outplay opponents; he leaves them bodily and mentally glutted. Fisher himself speaks of the exultant instant in which he feels…

— George Steiner

Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to…

— Bruce Pandolfini

As with Steinitz, Fischer's genius has often been concealed by controversies away from the board. Like Lasker, Fischer has raised chess to new financial…

— Andrew Soltis

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

— Mikhail Tal

What was great about Fischer is that when he became world champion is that chess was being covered everywhere. It was in all the…

— Hikaru Nakamura

Fischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever

— Dave Regis